I would spend the money up front on carbide dies and avoid the whole lube process...if you must, Imperial wax is very good. I use it for 5.56 cases.

 

Use carbide dies....no lube required. If you're still having trouble you'll need to either get a better press or eat more spinach

 

Third vote for carbide dies...I use them in 9mm, .45, and .380.

 

I also use carbide dies, but on occasion when the ole tennis elbow acts up I'll hit the cases with some RCBS one shot spray lube. It's not needed, but it does make it butter smooth.

 

I broke a Lee press by "eating spinach."

 

Lee, that ain't nuttin' .....

No lube necessary.

 

Dillon recommends lubricating pistol brass, even when using carbide dies.

 

They want to sell lube, maybe?

 

They want to sell lube, maybe?

Perhaps.

Perhaps they want the press to operate more smoothly and reduce customer service calls?

 

I use lube for my 9mm and I can feel a difference for sure. It's a single stage, so that might be the reason.

 

I use carbide dies, but still hit the cases with a light shot of RCBS case lube right before I start loading. No, its not manditory, but it does make the whole process way easier and smoother. I dont bother lubing if doing a small test batch of 10 or so rounds but for any run more than that I always lube. When loading on a progressive press, at least for me, Im monitoring a lot of things all happening at the same time, watching, listening, and feeling what the press is doing, and if my cases are nice and slick I can feel something going wrong easier and correct it before it becomes a bigger problem later.

 

I use lube for my 9mm and I can feel a difference for sure. It's a single stage, so that might be the reason.

I can feel the difference on a progressive too. Resized case slides out of the sizing die easier when it's lubed. And with a progressive, smooth is good because so many things are happening at once and there are a bunch of cases that all need to be perfectly lined up to fit into their respective dies, so eliminating any jerkiness helps IMHO.

 

I have never used lube for 9mm on my single or progressive. But I don't shoot in matches or particularly load for extreme accuracy either and for bulk stuff minute of man is fine with me. I only use lube for rifle brass

 

You ever think people make way too much out of this stuff. It really is not brain surgery.

 

I use case lube on everything. I timed my reloading and on my 650 it's just shy of an extra 120 rounds an hour with lube...just speeds everything up.

I make my own lube, about a year's worth is around $8

 

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I broke a Lee press by "eating spinach."

Eh...not bad...I broke one just by looking at it.

I have carbide dies...I still lube, makes the process slicker than an eel in a barrel of snot.

 

I have carbide dies...I still lube, makes the process slicker than an eel in a barrel of snot.

I didn't lube pistol cases when loading with carbide dies, but after chatting with a guy that would reload (not joking) 20k rounds a weekend about how much more smoothly they ran lubed I gave it a try and have done it ever since.

 

I lube, and sometimes when I'm not careful, it gets on the cases too.


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I've been re-loading for awhile. I have a Lee Classic Turret Press and carbide dies, for the pistol and revolver calibers that I re-load for. It definitely takes more effort to re-size 9mm over .45ACP.

I don't want to complicate the re-loading routine, but if lube wold make the routine "smoother", I think it might be worthwhile. I have some 99% alcohol and a bottle of lanolin, in preparation to make my own lube. The replies to my post have convinced me to give it a shot. If it doesn't work out or proves to be a pain is the a$$, I'll let you know.

 

I lube all my cases easier on the arm dies and press
then tumble the loaded round for 1/2 hr to get the
lube off before marking and boxing the rounds

 

just speeds everything up.

Although I am not a big user of lube on pistol calibers, I am forced to agree with this .....

 

I use a sizing wax. I just run my finger through it once every 20 rounds or so. I didn't use to use anything but my oal's are a lot more consistent when I do.

 

I lube all my cases easier on the arm dies and press
then tumble the loaded round for 1/2 hr to get the
lube off before marking and boxing the rounds

Do most guys who lube their pistol brass tumble after loading to remove the lube?

 

I didn't lube pistol cases when loading with carbide dies, but after chatting with a guy that would reload (not joking) 20k rounds a weekend about how much more smoothly they ran lubed I gave it a try and have done it ever since.

This guy doesn't live in New Hill, does he?